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WSU partners in study finding Type 1 diabetes glucose fluctuations hamper brain function

With swings too low or high in blood glucose levels, Type 1 diabetes patients showed slower and less accurate quick thinking in cognitive testing, based on a joint study. Researchers with Washington State University and McLean Hospital found the most dramatic effects on cognitive function was seen at low glucose levels. This understanding could play a role in prevention of long-term cognitive issues for Type 1 patients. It's best to avoid glucose extremes even in middle age, said co-senior author Naomi Chaytor, at WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.
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House call: Keep Narcan on hand for seniors using opioids

Many older adults rely on opioid pain medications to help relieve short-term pain or for persistent chronic pain. But seniors might not be the first group that pops into your head when you think about overdose or dependence on opioid drugs. Realistically, they have just as much risk (and sometimes more) of dependence, substance use disorder and overdose as any other person prescribed opioid pain medication.
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Is your backyard birdhouse a death trap? How to give birds safe shelter

I wanted to build a first-class home. Small enough to be cozy, but big enough to raise a family. I needed an ideal location, near a wooded area, with a natural supermarket nearby. And the design should be simple, crafted entirely out of wood. While I was worried about the cost, I needn’t have been. I finished building mine for about $5 in materials in an afternoon.
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Recent Spokane UW med school grads share hopes of healing as residencies come into focus

Caitlin Quaempts, a new Spokane medical school graduate, has lined up a family medicine residency this June for a path she hopes leads back to the Yakama Nation. After her three-year residency in Klamath Falls, Oregon, she'd like to be a family practice doctor for tribal members – just as her father has. She is a Yakama direct descendent of her dad, Rex Matthew Quaempts, a longtime family doctor for Indian Health Services. Another classmate, Lili Szabo, recently matched to a Spokane internal medicine residency with Providence Sacred Heart, and she hopes to remain here. Both Quaempts and Szabo are among a 2024 class of 60 graduates from the University of Washington School of Medicine's Spokane site. They celebrated "match day" on March 15 for their selections into medical residency programs.
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